The Black Horse and Other Stories
Twelve short stories by one of New Zealand’s best-loved poets. Set in the south, they are spare pieces of prose, showing an eye for detail and for the ironies of life.
The titles themselves evoke a whole world: Stewart’s Farm, Walter’s Mother, The Letter, Lily of a Day, A Long Wait, The Macrocarpa Hedge, A Step on the Path, The Black Horse, The Other Room, The New Teacher.
Five of these stories have been published in Landfall, the rest are new.
Ruth Dallas
Ruth Dallas (1919–2008) is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most distinguished poets. Among other awards and recognition, she held the Robert Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago, received an honorary Doctor of Literature from the same university, and was awarded a CBE for her services to literature.
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